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Archimède démontrant aux ingènieurs anglais ..., 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier.

Archimède démontrant aux ingènieurs anglais ..., 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier.

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Archimède démontrant aux ingènieurs anglais ..., 19th century. Archimedes showing the English engineers how, in Syracuse, he raised not just one vessel but an entire fleet. (The Claw of Archimedes - also known as the iron hand - was an ancient weapon devised by Archimedes to defend the seaward portion of Syracuse's city walls against amphibious attack).

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Creator
  1. Honore Daumier, attributed to: French: Artist, caricaturist, sculptor
Subject
  1. Archimedes: Sicilian, Greek: Mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer
Medium
  1. Lithograph
Picture Type
  1. Print
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World Europe Greece

  1. 39 00 00 N , 022 00 00 E

World Europe Italy Sicily

  1. 37 30 00 N , 014 00 00 E
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Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4000x3379
File Size : 39,598kb

Aliases

  1. 2015.143.1246
  1. 194556
  1. 0960027785
  1. 2-959-809
  1. 2015.143.1246
  1. 2959809
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